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Children As Young As 10 Years Old Can Be Jailed In Australia Under New Law

Australia's Northern Territory lowered the age of responsibility from 12 to combat a 'crime crisis'

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'Even US' doing better on youth justice than Australia

Australia needs to dump its tough on crime approach towards kids and become accountable for its failures in child protection, the children's commissioner says.

AAP

'Horrific' figures as DV services given funding boost

Frontline services supporting women and children fleeing domestic violence won't get an immediate funding boost, as Australian leaders agree to a new package.

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Teen's custody death triggers call for justice overhaul

The death of a second Indigenous teenager in custody in less than a year has prompted calls for an overhaul of the youth justice system.

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Locking up 10-year-olds is racist by design and in effect

If the age of criminal responsibility is lowered, almost all of the extra children arrested, incarcerated and institutionalised will be Indigenous.

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'Waiting for crisis': urgent warning on youth justice

Youth crime will not be solved by pouring more money into police and prisons across the nation, the Human Rights Commission warns.

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Children’s commissioner finds evidence of ‘most egregious’ human rights breaches in Australia

Landmark report details ‘heartbreaking’ accounts of children in the criminal justice system and calls for sweeping reforms

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Experts predict a shake-up afoot in Territory politics

A "turbulent" period in the Top End has some experts predicting a change in government in the Northern Territory as voters prepare to go to the polls.

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Disabled children kept ‘in cages’ in police watch houses, Australia’s children’s commissioner says

Underlying causes of youth crime are not being addressed, ‘which is what ultimately would keep the community safer’, Anne Hollonds says

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NT mayor defies calls to quit after video shows him pinning Aboriginal boy to ground

National children’s commissioner labels footage ‘disgraceful’ but Barkly council’s Jeffrey McLaughlin says force used as part of a ‘lawful citizen’s arrest’ was ‘entirely reasonable’

The Guardian - AU

Government faces pressure to widen virus inquiry scope

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has accused the government of running a "protection racket" for Labor premiers by excluding state issues from a COVID-19 inquiry.

AAP

Widespread locking of children in solitary lambasted by Australian children’s commissioner

Anne Hollonds says staff shortage no excuse for disciplinary confinement practice that is ‘never acceptable, for any length of time’

The Guardian - AU

Majority of Indigenous NT kids in non-kinship care

Australia's National Children's Commissioner says she hasn't seen the evidence for claims Indigenous children are being placed with abusive families in the NT.

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National Children's Commissioner condemns lack of action on child maltreatment crisis

As debate rages over claims of widespread child sexual abuse in Alice Springs, the National Children's Commissioner says both sides of politics have failed to address this serious issue.

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Cafe that hires 11-year-olds sparks criticism amid push for minimum age for Australian workers

Government considers recommendation to ratify international convention making national minimum age 15 with some exceptions

AAP

Disturbing scale of child abuse delivers 'wake-up call'

One in three Australian children suffer physical abuse while one in four suffer sexual abuse, according to a new nationwide study.

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Around 62 per cent of Australians report being abused and neglected in childhood, major study finds

Almost two-thirds of Australians have been abused, neglected, or exposed to domestic violence as children, according to self-reports provided to a new study.

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Gambling companies Sportsbet, TAB and bet365 taking bets on cricket matches involving minors

The National Children's Commissioner blasts some of the biggest gambling companies in Australia for offering bets on international cricket matches involving underage players.

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Northern Territory becomes first Australian jurisdiction to raise minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years

A bill changing the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 is passed in the Northern Territory Parliament, in a move the National Children's Commissioner described as "very welcome as a first step".

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Australia’s harsh youth detention system ‘a national shame’

Australian youth detention is a "national shame" as more evidence emerges of harsh treatment of teenagers at a troubled Perth jail.

AAP

Aust youth detention 'a national shame'

The national children's commissioner says a taskforce is needed to fix recurring problems in youth detention, describing the system as a "national shame".

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Queensland's youth justice system 'in crisis' amid human rights breaches, children's commissioner warns

Australia's youth justice system is in "a state of crisis" with more children being locked up in watch houses and detention centres, the National Children's Commissioner warns.

The Canberra Times

Why one child in six rejects parenting orders

Parenting orders handed down to families are being rejected suggesting the orders might not have the children's interest at heart.

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory moves to raise age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12

Government says authorities will refer children under 12 and their families to parenting and behavioural change programs to break the cycle of offending

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